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cPanel User Guide and Tutorial

cPanel User Guide and Tutorial

By : Aric Pedersen
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cPanel User Guide and Tutorial

cPanel User Guide and Tutorial

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By: Aric Pedersen
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Overview of this book

"A great book for getting the most out of your cPanel-supporting web host" If you have web hosting requirements beyond the most basic, you should look for a host that offers cPanel. cPanel gives you tight control over every aspect of your web site, email accounts, and domain names. But once you've got a web site with cPanel support, how do you go about using it? While the documentation included with cPanel may provide a quick reference, to really get the most from it you need a more detailed, systematic tutorial. Read this book to find out exactly how to get the most from cPanel in all aspects of your web site management: web, email, FTP, security, domains, back ups, and more.
Table of Contents (18 chapters)
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cPanel: User Guide and Tutorial
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cPanel: User Guide and Tutorial
Credits
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Credits
About the Author
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About the Author
Preface
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Preface
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Introduction to cPanel Hosting
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Introduction to cPanel Hosting
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Webmaster, Meet cPanel…
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What Tools Will You Need?
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Finding cPanel Web Hosting
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Questions to Ask Hosting Companies
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Summary
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Getting Started with cPanel
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Getting Started with cPanel
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Logging into cPanel
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The Main cPanel Interface
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Summary
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FTP and cPanel’s File Manager
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FTP and cPanel’s File Manager
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FTP Basics
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Creating and Managing FTP Accounts in cPanel
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Anonymous FTP Access
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cPanel FTP Session Control
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Other Types of FTP Connections
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cPanel’s File Manager
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Summary
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Working with Mail
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Working with Mail
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Why Manage your Own E‑mail Accounts?
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Common E‑mail Terms
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Accessing cPanel’s E‑mail Features
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Managing POP3 and IMAP E‑mail Accounts
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Creating an E‑mail Account
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Configuring your E‑mail Client to Use your New Address
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Changing Advanced E‑mail Options and Monitoring your E‑mail Account
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Web Mail
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E‑mail Forwarders (Aliases)
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E‑mail Domain Forwarding
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Mailing Lists
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Dealing with Unsolicited E‑mail (SPAM)
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Default (Catch All) E‑mail Address
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E‑mail Auto‑Responders
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Advanced E‑mail Tools
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Summary
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Working with Databases
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Working with Databases
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Database 101
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Working with Databases in cPanel
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phpMyAdmin and phpPgAdmin
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Summary
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Controlling Access to and Organizing Your Data
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Controlling Access to and Organizing Your Data
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Changing your cPanel Password
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Subdomains
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Redirects
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Hotlink Protection: Stop People from Stealing Content
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Password-Protect Directories
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Leech Protect: Keep Users from Giving Away Access to your Site
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Index Manager
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IP Deny Manager
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Custom Web Error Messages
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Summary
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Keeping an Eye on Account Activity
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Keeping an Eye on Account Activity
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Web Statistics: What’s Going On?
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Raw (Apache) Web Logs
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Web Stats to the Rescue!
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Other Related Tools
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Summary
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Backing up and Restoring Data
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Backing up and Restoring Data
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Backups and their Importance
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Automated Unattended Backups
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Restoring Backups
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Summary
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Working with Scripts
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Working with Scripts
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What are Web Scripts?
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The Scripts cPanel Offers for Installation
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Advice on Working with Scripts
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Summary
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Advanced cPanel Features
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Advanced cPanel Features
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Welcome to cPanel 102
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FrontPage Extensions
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Add‑on Domains
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Parked Domains
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Cron Jobs
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SSH/Telnet
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MIME Types
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Apache Handlers
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OpenPGP Keys
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SSL Management
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Network Tools
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cPanel Pro
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Summary
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Site and Account Security
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Site and Account Security
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Site Security and You
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The Security Plan
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What to do if the Worst Happens
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Summary
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Third‑Party Additions to cPanel
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Third‑Party Additions to cPanel
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cPanel Themes: New Look, New Features
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Third‑Party Add‑ons
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Summary
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Useful Tools and Links and the Final Curtain Call
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Useful Tools and Links and the Final Curtain Call
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FTP Clients
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Additional cPanel Information
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Basic Webmaster and Scripting Assistance
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Domain, DNS, and Site Monitoring Tools
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Password Storing Programs
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Curtain Call
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Glossary
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Glossary

The Main cPanel Interface

If you have successfully logged into your account, you should be presented with the main cPanel interface, shown below:

Your web host may offer more or fewer features than you see in the screenshot. Also, it is possible that your web host uses a different cPanel theme. To see some other cPanel themes, please turn to Chapter 12.

At the extreme top right side of the cPanel interface you will see two links, HOME and LOGOUT. Clicking HOME will bring you back to this main cPanel screen from wherever you are and clicking LOGOUT will end your session in cPanel.

At the top of the screen you will find information about your web hosting account. You are welcomed to your domain (domain.com) and next to that there is the IP address of the last person that last logged into your cPanel account (if this is your first time logging in you should see None Recorded as shown in the previous figure). The IP address display may help you figure out if your account has been compromised or...

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